Evil Under the Sun (by Agatha Christie)

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While I don't read Agatha Christie books all the time, I enjoy a light crime mystery every so often, and find her plotting extremely clever. I also find that they make very good books to read aloud to my teenage sons. It's interesting to see whether any of us can find 'whodunit' and figure out what the clues mean.

'Evil under the sun' is the latest one I read to them. It's another book that features the rather arrogant (but eminently lovable) Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

In this story, Poirot is staying in a hotel in a beach resort, off the South coast of England. One of the guests is murdered - something that seems to happen wherever he goes - and he works with the police to try and discover who was responsible.

I thought this book had a nice balance of different types of people. It was an interesting mystery, with an unexpected ending which surprised us all.

Recommended.